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| North America:The twenty eighth Democratic national convention meets in Chicago to nominate Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The twenty second Republican national convention meets in Philadelphia to nominate Wendell L. Willkie. |
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| Sam. H. Jones reform ticket for governor sweeps the Long dynasty from control of the state. | The city of New Orleans acquires 733 acres of land in Kenner as the site of Moisant Airport. Ground breaking begins the next year. | During the war NOPSI hires ³Conductorettes² to run street cars. They will be retired in 1946 and will not return until the 1960s. | |||||||||
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